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Bob Hayes

1942 - 2002

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Robert Lee Hayes (December 20, 1942 – September 18, 2002), nicknamed "Bullet Bob", was an American sprinter and professional football player. After winning gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics, he played as a split end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys (for 11 seasons). Hayes is the only athlete to win both an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring. He was a two-sport standout in college in both track and field and football at Florida A&M University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Hayes is the 1,804th most popular athlete (down from 1,610th in 2019), the 10,119th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,997th in 2019) and the 327th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bob Hayes ranks 1,804 out of 6,025. Before him are Yulia Ryabchinskaya, Tamara Bykova, John McNally, Haruki Uemura, Rinnat Safin, and Tamara Manina. After him are Rudolf Plyukfelder, Juhani Suutarinen, Harold Smith, Curtis Stevens, Teodor Kocerka, and Willie Applegarth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Bob Hayes ranks 606. Before him are Hugo Simon, Mike Summerbee, Norman Greenbaum, Reinhold Durnthaler, Ivan Koloff, and František Ševčík. After him are Jerry Jones, Meave Leakey, Lesley Turner Bowrey, Antonio Munguía, Fredi, and Bob Foster. Among people deceased in 2002, Bob Hayes ranks 298. Before him are Willie Davenport, Ivano Blason, Geoffrey Crossley, Tadeusz Rut, Jerome Biffle, and Charles Sheffield. After him are Katrin Cartlidge, Lotfia Elnadi, Mitsuo Ikeda, Sergei Bodrov Jr., Desmond Hoyte, and Sylvia Rivera.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Hayes ranks 10,121 out of 20,380. Before him are Clarence Hudson White (1871), Jon Heidenreich (1972), Regina Hall (1970), Morten Lauridsen (1943), Julie Strain (1962), and Walter Becker (1950). After him are Helene Costello (1906), Machito (1912), Tammy Grimes (1934), Bennett Miller (1966), Missi Pyle (1972), and Justin McCarthy (1899).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Bob Hayes ranks 327. Before him are Jerome Biffle (1928), Paul Drayton (1939), Lucinda Williams (1937), Henry Proctor (1929), Tyson Gay (1982), and Tom Price (1933). After him are Harold Smith (1909), Curtis Stevens (1898), Earl Eby (1894), Jesse Mashburn (1933), Justin Gatlin (1982), and Ron Freeman (1947).

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